Store front construction



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E. F. TONEY STORE FRONT CONSTRUCTION Original Filed June 26, 1956 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 r 644/ A RNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE STORE FRONT CONSTRUCTION Edward F. Toney, Pittsburgh, Pa., assignor to Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Allegheny County, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania.

Original No. 2,075,677, dated March 30, 1937, Se-

rial No. 87,472, June 26, 1936. Application for reissue February 2, 1938, Serial No. 188,349

Claims. (Cl. 20-564) The invention relates to a store front construcl2 and the edge It] lies beneath the flange 20 at tion employing strips or bars for the reception of the upper edge of the clamping plate. the glass of the general type shown in my Patent In order to anchor the meeting beveled ends No. 2,015,769, dated October 1, 1935, and has for of the cover strips securely in position, the hinge 5 its principal objects, the provision of an imclamping brackets. 2|, shown in Figs. 1 and 4 are 5 proved construction wherein the cover strips are employed. The two arms 22, 22 are hinged toheld securely at the beveled meeting ends withgether on the pivot 23, and each is provided with out the necessity of caps to cove-r such ends, and a pair of screw holes 25. The arms are secured wherein provision is made for taking care of e-X- to the sash frame by the screws 26 (Fig. l) and 1 pansion in the strips incident to temperature each arm is provided with a flange 21 having 0 Changes; e p vi f mpr bracket etherein a threaded hole 23. When the cover curing means for the meeting ends of the cover plates are applied, as indicated in Fig. 2, screw strips which may be used when the strips are at holes are cut therethrough in alinement with the v y n angles t h r, so tha on bracket holes 28 in the brackets, and the screws 29 are construction will serve for all angles; and the inserted through such. holes and screwed into the provision of improved means for locating the holes 28 in the bracket arms, thus clamping the holes in the cover s p to r p n ur ly cover strip ends in fixed position. In order to with the holes in the brackets, all of which, as locate the holes in the cover plate for the screws well as the advantages of the improvement, will 29, the hinge device shown in Fig. 5 is employed. be readily understood by those skilled in the art This comprises a pair of arms 30, 30 hinged tofrom the detail description following in connecgethel" the D t 3| d p d to fit th C nti t t drawings wherein; tour of the outer faces of the cover strips. The Figures 1 and 2 are isometric views, the strucarms are provided W the p s 3 32, so t in i 1 having the corner bar and cover located that when the device is applied over the plates remove Fig5 3 to 5 are detail 1 meeting ends of the cover strips, the holes come And Fig. 6 is a section on the line VI-VI of Fig. 2. Opposite t e es 23 of t e inge bracket. Referring t t drawings 1 1 are pair of After the cover strip is marked by a suitable tool glass sheets. which approach each other at an fitting the openings h necessary holes angle; a is a corner bar at the adjacent vertical are drilled through the cover rip at the p ints edges of the sheets for clamping them together, marked by the tool. 0 and 9 is the sash frame which receives the sheets. Since the beveled ends of t cover s ps ar Seated on t sash frame t t 1ower edge of anchored to the arms 22 of the fixed hinge brackeach of t glass sheets is a sash b f bl ets, it is necessary to leave the other ends of such of extruded metal, such bars being angular in strips free to move endwise to take care of excross section and comprising a bottom plate In pansion incident to temperature changes. The and a back plate ll (Fig. 6). Seated on the botmeans to accomplish this will be seen by refertom plate of each sash bar is an angular member once to Figs. 1 and 2 wherein the cover strip I6 for clamping the edge of the glass sheet and comis shown as terminating at the dotted line 33 prising a base plate 12 and a clamping plate l3, short of the vertical sash member 9a. The free such members being secured by screws I4 exend of this cover strip and of the vertical cover tending beneath the edges of the glass sheets strip on the sash member 9a are covered by an through slots in the back plate I I of the sash bar angular cap member 34 having the same contour and into the sash frame. The back plate of the as the cover strips. This angular cap member 34 sash bar is provided at its upper edge w t a nis anchored or secured to the angular bracket 35, gitudinal slot carrying the cushioning member similar to the angular hinge bracket heretofore 15 shown in Fig. 6. described, but lacking the hinge connection be- Lying over each of the clamping members is tween its two arms. This bracket is secured to a cover strip l5 of ornamental appearance, such the sash by the screws 36, 36 (Fig. l) and is procover strips meeting at the bevel H, as indicatvided with threaded holes 31, 37. Screws 38, 38 50 ed in Fig. 2. The cover strip is, in each case, (Fig. 2) extend through the cap member 34 and like that of my patent and is snapped. into ininto the screw holes 31, 31. The ends of the two tel-locking engagement with the clamping memcover strips are thus securely held against in her by pushing it inward so that the bead l8 fits and out movement, but permitted to move endinto the recess beneath the outer edge of the plate Wise. The screws 38 and 29 are preferably pro- 55 vided with ornamental heads requiring a special tool for turning them.

The advantages of the construction will be apparent to those skilled in the art. The corner of the window construction at the bevel H, which is the most conspicuous portion of the construction, presents a neat appearance because of the absence of the usual angular cap at this point, and at the same time, the angular hinge bracket secures the adjacent ends of the cover strips firmly in position, so that the bevel joint is maintained against separation or distortion. The hinge 23 between the arms 21, 21 of the bracket,

permits the use of the one bracket with different constructions regardless of the angle between the glass sheets, and any contraction and expansion of the cover strips is adequately taken care of by the use of the cap members 34 which provide a slip joint for the cover strips at the ends of such strips remote from the beveled ends.

What I claim is:

1. In combination, in a store front construction, a pair of upright glass sheets which approach at two of their vertical edges and lie at an angle to each other, a sash frame into which the sheets are received, an angle clamping member secured on the sash frame at the front of each sheet with one of its flanges engaging the glass sheet, an angle bracket comprising a pair of arms hinged together on'the sash frame adjacent the approaching sheet edges having its arms rigidly secured with respect to the sash frame, a cover strip lying above each clamping member and having releasable snap engagement therewith, said cover strips meeting on a bevel above the hinge of the angle bracket, and a securing screw for each of the meeting ends of the cover strips extending therethrough and into one of the arms of the angle bracket, the other end of each of the cover strips being free to move endwise.

2. In combination in a store front construction, a pair of upright glass sheets which approach at two of their vertical edges and lie at an angle to each other, a sash frame into which the sheets are received, an angle clamping member secured on the sash frame at the front of each sheet with one of its flanges engaging the glass sheet, an angle bracket comprising a pair of arms hinged together on the sash frame adjacent the approaching sheet edges having its arms rigidly secured with respect to the sash frame, a cover strip lying above each clamping member and having releasable snap engagement therewith, said cover strips meeting on a bevel above the hinge of the angle bracket, a securing screw for each of the meeting ends of the cover strips extending therethrcugh and into one of the arms of the angle bracket, the other end of each of the cover strips being free to move endwise, a bracket secured in fixed position on the sash frame: at the free end of each cover strip, and a cap plate anchored to each of said last brackets and overlying the free end of the cover strip.

3. In combination with a store front construction comprising a pair of glass sheets which approach at two of their vertical edges and lie at an angle to each other, a sash frame into which the sheets are received, an angle clamping member secured on the sash frame at the front of each sheet with one of its flanges engaging the glass sheet, an angle bracket comprising a pair of arms hinged together on the sash frame adjacent the approaching sheet edges having its arms rigidly secured with respect to the sash frame, a cover strip lying above each clamping member and having releasable snap engagement therewith, said cover strips meeting on a bevel above the angle bracket, and a securing screw for each of the meeting ends of the cover strips extending therethrough and into one of the arms of the angle bracket, a means for locating the openings in the cover strips through which said screws extend comprising a pair of arms hinged together and adapted to fit the contour of the cover strips, said arms each having a hole therethrough adapted to aline with the holes in the angle bracket which receive said screws when the locating means is fitted over the outer faces of the cover strips at the meeting ends thereof.

4. In combination in a store front construction, a pair of upright glass sheets which approach at two of their vertical edges and lie at an angle to each other, a sash frame into which the sheets are received, clamping means on the sash frame for the lower edges of the class sheets, cover strips lying above the clamping means engaged thereby and releasably secured in position with respect to the sash frame, said cover strips meeting on a bevel opposite the meeting edges of the glass sheets, anchoring means for each cover strip adjacent the meeting ends thereof including a screw extending through the strip and securing it in fixed position relative to the sash. frame, the other end of one of the cover strips being free to move endwise, a cap plate at the free end of the cover plate overlying such end, and means for anchoring the cap plate releasably in fixed relation with respect to the sash frame.

5. In combination in a store front construction, a pair of upright glass sheets which approach at two of their vertical edges and lie at an angle to each other, a sash frame into which the sheets are received, clamping means on the sash frame for the lower edges of the glass sheets, cover strips lying above the clamping means engaged thereby and releasably secured in position with respect to the sash frame, said cover strips meeting on a bevel opposite the meeting edges of the glass sheets, an angle bracket rigidly secured to the sash frame comprising a pair of arms on the sash frame adjacent the approaching sheet edges, a cover strip lying above each clamping member and having releasable snap engagement therewith, said cover strips meeting on a bevel opposite the meeting edges of the glass sheets, a securing screw for each of the meeting ends of the cover strips extending therethrough and into one of the arms of the angle bracket, the other end of one of the arms of the cover strips being free to move endwise, a bracket secured in fixed position at the free end of said cover strip, and a cap plate anchored to said last bracket and overlying the free end of the cover strip.

EDWARD F. TONEY. 

